The web used to be about other people. IMing your friend, emailing your wife, a chatroom with other guinea pig enthusiasts. Now it’s turning around. Information is becoming less important than emotion — the web is an empty nostalgia factory. More »
The Wall that was more like a chalkboard: Back in the day, the Wall was pretty much the only way to publicly interact with your friends. However, this Wall did not play by the rules of the modern Wall. More »
That’s not even a joke. Not only will it set you back the price of a car, but you’ll have to wait six months for it to land on your doorstep, too. I guess they are hand-made in Japan, but still… More »
In many ways, the 1980s were exactly like now. We had a lot of computer gear to choose from. And some of the ads the industry used to try and persuade us to buy that gear were downright bizarre — especially given that a low-speed modem cost more than $1000. More »
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It’s easy to claim that the stuff you liked as a kid was way better than the crap kids watch today, because you haven’t seen it in years. But now you can, in better quality, even. Does it hold up? More »
The recent Apple craze led John Markoff of the NY Times to contact Beat-era poet Gary Snyder and ask him to pen a poem reflecting on “the milestones of the digital age”. The result is a delightful read. More »
